Dear Ford Family,

In case you haven't noticed, you have become a symbol of everything still wrong with the City of Detroit. Everything you touch is a symbol of national, if not global embarrassment.

You've ruined a once proud, global motor company which still, unfortunately, bears your name. You've ruined a once proud, founding NFL franchise. You are 'old money', the old guard -- in a new world.

You have finally ceded management of FoMoCo - and hopefully it is not too little, too late. Now, we, the citizens of a still proud, sports-loving city implore you to please, Please, PLEASE SELL THIS TEAM!!!

Sell this team to someone who knows how to win - you simply don't. Simply look at the Lions losing record since you took over. Witness your family business' declining market share since you took over.

It can be done -- with owners who know how to make good decisions and, more importantly, how to change course after they've made a bad one. Metro Detroit has many shining examples of 'winners' - and the Lions desperately need this type of leadership:
1. Bill Davidson - a global business leader who has made the right decisions with 3 (THREE) professional sports teams.
2. Mike Illitch, another global businessman who has (finally) built winners in 2(TWO) major league sports (NOTE - this required him to change course after some bad decisions on management).
3. Peter Karmanos, yet another strong business leader, who has made a winner out of the Carolina Hurricanes.

You aren't strong businessmen, rather the old guard of 'spoiled rich kids' slowly squandering all that your forefathers created for you. Like Britain's royal family, you used to represent Detroit's royalty, and something we looked up to. Now, like Buckingham Palace after Price Charles' and Prince Andrew's debacles, you are more akin to "Emperor Nero in Rome".

Please, liberate us - give us our freedom and go on your way. Sell the Lions to a somone who knows how to win, and finally create some value -- for your family and for the worthy citizens of this proud sports city.